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EP0221378B1
EP0221378B1 EP86113858A EP86113858A EP0221378B1 EP 0221378 B1 EP0221378 B1 EP 0221378B1 EP 86113858 A EP86113858 A EP 86113858A EP 86113858 A EP86113858 A EP 86113858A EP 0221378 B1 EP0221378 B1 EP 0221378B1
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door
container
chute
container according
hinge
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John Harris
John Edgar Anthony
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Frontier Plastics Ltd
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Frontier Plastics South Wales Ltd
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65F—GATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE
    • B65F1/00—Refuse receptacles; Accessories therefor
    • B65F1/14—Other constructional features; Accessories
    • B65F1/16—Lids or covers
    • B65F1/1607—Lids or covers with filling openings
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B50/00—Containers, covers, furniture or holders specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments, e.g. sterile covers
    • A61B50/30—Containers specially adapted for packaging, protecting, dispensing, collecting or disposing of surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments
    • A61B50/36—Containers specially adapted for packaging, protecting, dispensing, collecting or disposing of surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments for collecting or disposing of used articles
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M5/00—Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way; Accessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning devices, arm-rests
    • A61M5/178—Syringes
    • A61M5/31—Details
    • A61M5/32—Needles; Details of needles pertaining to their connection with syringe or hub; Accessories for bringing the needle into, or holding the needle on, the body; Devices for protection of needles
    • A61M5/3205—Apparatus for removing or disposing of used needles or syringes, e.g. containers; Means for protection against accidental injuries from used needles

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  • This invention relates to containers for refuse or toxic waste or disposables, and is particularly, through not exclusively, applicable to containers for medical refuse or the like which may include toxic or contaminated materials sometimes in conjunction with broken glass or sharp objects such as used hypodermic syringes. Disposal of these classes of material presents serious problems and the object of the invention is to provide an improved container for this general purpose.
  • the entry to the container should, however, be closable to prevent material accidentally escaping and to prevent insects or other small creatures from entering or leaving.
  • the container should also be capable of accepting comparatively large elongated objects such as long length hypodermic syringes, and in any case when full it should be possible to close and seal the container to prevent unintentional or unauthorised opening before it is disposed of, for example by burial or autoclave, or in an incinerator.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide an improved closure system which in normal use will allow objects to be introduced freely, but will automatically close in a non- positive manner, and which can, when required, be closed positively and irreversibly. It is also important that any part of the closure which may come into contact with contaminated materials should not be contacted by hand or exposed externally when the container is sent for disposal.
  • the invention relates to the type of container (suitable for refuse or toxic waste or disposables), having an upper entry chute, a closure arranged to selectively open and close the lower inner end of the chute and means for closing the outer end of the chute in the form of a door connected to the container by a hinge. (known from U8-A-1360 732).
  • the hinge comprises a flexible element which prevents egress of the contents through the flexible hinge, the door is provided with a locking detent arranged to engage the body of the container when the door is closed and which acts as a non-reversible locking element.
  • the container will normally be manufactured in at least three separate parts, a top, bottom and closure, and the design of the connections between these parts is important.
  • a top, bottom and closure Preferably there is a snap-fitting irreversible connection between the top and bottom, the connection also being arranged to prevent relative inward movement of the side walls of either part in relation to the other.
  • the container for disposable items comprises a main base part 50 and an upper part 51 which are positively and irreversibly engaged by means of a down-turned rim 52 on the upper part gripping over the out-turned rim 53 on the lower part.
  • the upper part 51 is formed with an entry chute 56 and at the lower end of this there is provided a pivoted door or gate 57 mounted on a pivot 58 within the container and having a counterweight 60 which tends to hold the door close against the lower end of the chute. To introduce an object into the container it is sufficient merely to drop it into the chute and the door opens automatically and closes by gravity.
  • a locking plug 62 which is inserted through an opening 63 in the upper wall and has an inverted notch 64 at its lower end to engage over a rib on the counterweight 60.
  • the plug also has a number of irreversible barbs or detents 65 which engage below the top wall 66 and prevent the plug being withdrawn.
  • a knob or disc 67 at the top of the plug fits into a recess and prevents material escaping through the aperture.
  • a secondary closure is attached to the upper part, comprising an element (static leaf) 70 having a number of barbed locking formations 71, which engage with small apertures in the top of the container, and a hinged leaf 72 connected to the static leaf by a thin flexible strip or "live hinge" 73.
  • the flap 72 lies in the inclined position shown in chain lines and is held in that positive by a pip or bead 74 engaging in a socket 75 in the container wall.

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  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
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  • Heart & Thoracic Surgery (AREA)
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Claims (7)

1. Conteneur pour détritus ou déchets toxiques, ayant une chute (56) présentant une entrée supérieure, une fermeture (57) placée de façon à ouvrir ou fermer sélectivement la partie inférieure de la chute et des moyens pour fermer l'extrémité extérieure de la chute sous forme d'une porte reliée au conteneur par une charnière, caractérisé en ce que la charnière comprend un élément flexible (73), qui empêche la sortie du contenu à travers la charnière flexible, que la porte (72) est munie d'un cliquet de verrouillage (77) placé pour s'engager avec le corps du conteneur (55, 51) quand la porte est fermée et qui agit comme un élément de verrouillage non-réversible.
2. Conteneur selon la revendication 2, dans lequel le cliquet (77) de verrouillage a un ardillon.
3. Conteneur selon la revendication 1 ou la revendication 2, dans lequel la porte (72) présente un cliquet (74) pour s'engager avec une partie du corps du conteneur (50, 51) afin de maintenir la porte (72) en position ouverte dégagée par rapport à l'embouchure de la chute.
4. Conteneur selon l'une des revendications précédentes, dans lequel la porte (72) présente une bordure (78) faisant saillie sur sa face inférieure, placée de façon à s'adapter étroitement avec l'embouchure de la chute (56).
5. Conteneur selon l'une des revendications précédentes, dans lequel la porte (72) est fixée par une charnière à un élément (70) qui est attaché, mais détachable du corps du conteneur, au moyen d'un dispositif de verrouillage (71).
6. Conteneur selon l'une des revendications précédentes, dans lequel la fermeture (50) à l'extrémité intérieure de la chute (56) est placée pour être verrouillée en position fermée au moyen de l'élément de verrouillage (62).
7. Conteneur selon l'une des revendications précédentes, dans lequel la charnière de la porte (72) est moulée de façon intégrante avec la porte.
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GB848405390A GB8405390D0 (en) 1984-03-01 1984-03-01 Containers
GB8405390 1984-03-01
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EP0221378A3 EP0221378A3 (en) 1987-08-05
EP0221378B1 true EP0221378B1 (fr) 1990-10-03

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GB2198410A (en) * 1986-11-10 1988-06-15 Daniels & Co Ltd A C Container for disposal of surgical waste
GB8725246D0 (en) * 1987-10-28 1987-12-02 C P R Medical Ltd Disposal of contaminated/dangerous articles
DE3933177A1 (de) * 1989-10-04 1991-04-11 Hermedicon Wolfgang Herdlicka Behaelter aus kunststoff fuer die entsorgung von medizinischen einweg-gegenstaenden und -geraeten
WO1991017095A1 (fr) * 1990-05-09 1991-11-14 Deroyal Industries, Inc. Systeme de distribution, de stockage et de rejet de fournitures medicales
GB9021075D0 (en) * 1990-09-27 1990-11-07 Frontier Plastics South Wales Improvements relating to sharps disposal containers
DE9105423U1 (de) * 1991-05-02 1991-08-08 Rheinwerk, Meisenburg & Ahleff GmbH, 4000 Düsseldorf Abfallbehälter
FR2743357B1 (fr) * 1996-01-05 1999-03-05 Edec Sa Boite recuperatrice de dechets dangereux, a fermeture irreversible et etanche

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